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 "municipality_id": "gx-000078",
 "municipality": "Merritt",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://merritt.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control Bylaw 2241, 2018",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.merritt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2241-Animal-Control-CONSOLIDATED-VERSION.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated bylaw regulating animal ownership, licensing, and control including dogs and livestock in Merritt.",
   "capture_sha256": "e6bd499831d29df047f3ef4ba784bc0d24cfa9e7fe512cdc098e9e957683fcd1",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e6bd499831d29df047f3ef4ba784bc0d24cfa9e7fe512cdc098e9e957683fcd1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "The Owner of a Dog must not allow or permit a Dog to be At Large in the City.",
    "max_animals": "two (2) Dogs over the age of six (6) months",
    "fine_range": "not less than $50.00 and more than $2,000.00, plus the costs of the prosecution"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 15",
    "leash_rule": "s. 6",
    "max_animals": "s. 11",
    "fine_range": "s. 61"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/merritt/animal-control/text-e6bd499831d2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/merritt/animal-control/"
}